Countries
Madagascar
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Hai
Thank You
Misaotra
terima kasih
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Selamat pagi
Please
azafady
sila
Sorry
Miala tsiny
maaf
Bye
Veloma!
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Azafady
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Merina
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Pekal
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Musi
Where They Speak
-
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
224
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
18.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
malgache
malais
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Malaysian people
Origin
1000 AD
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
8454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
msa
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
may
ISO 639 3
mlg
zsm
ISO 639 6
mlg
may
Glottocode
mala1537
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative